Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2023
51 tornado warnings in 2023. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 51
- Busiest month
- July20 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 7, 202314 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 7:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Greene | 20 min |
| Apr 1, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 27 min |
| Apr 1, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Pike | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | York | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 10:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 11:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 11:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 21 min |
| Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Northampton | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Juniata, Perry | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Perry | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Dauphin | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Montour, Northumberland, Union | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Columbia, Montour, Northumberland | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 9 min |
| Jul 2, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lancaster | 16 min |
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Jul 16, 4:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 9:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Mercer, Venango | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Cameron, Clinton | 13 min |
| Aug 4, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna | 17 min |
| Aug 7, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Centre, Huntingdon | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lycoming | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Lycoming, Sullivan | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Bradford | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Sullivan | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | York | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyoming | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester | 19 min |
| Aug 7, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Susquehanna, Wayne | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Wayne | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Greene, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Cambria | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Fayette, Greene, Washington | 22 min |
| Sep 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CTP | Tioga | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chester County10
- Berks County5
- Montgomery County5
- Susquehanna County4
- Greene County3
- Philadelphia County3
- Montour County3
- Northumberland County3
- Lycoming County3
- Sullivan County3
- Wayne County3
- Washington County3
- Bucks County2
- York County2
- Lancaster County2
- Delaware County2
- Lehigh County2
- Perry County2
- Dauphin County2
- Union County2
- Erie County2
- Bradford County2
- Tioga County2
- Pike County1
- Northampton County1
- Juniata County1
- Snyder County1
- Columbia County1
- Jefferson County1
- Mercer County1
- Venango County1
- Cameron County1
- Clinton County1
- Centre County1
- Huntingdon County1
- Lackawanna County1
- Wyoming County1
- Cambria County1
- Fayette County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.